Career
•Post-Graduate degree in Financial Law. Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB). 1994.
•Post-Graduate degree in Comparative Law. Inter-American Law Institute Law Faculty, New York University (NYU). 1983.
•Lawyer. Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB). 1982.
Professional Memberships
Guillermo is a member of the International Bar Association (IBA) and of the Inter-American Bar Association (Venezuelan Chapter). He is also representative of TPA on the Capital Markets Committee of the Venezuelan-American Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VenAmCham). He is a former member of the Board of Directors of Mavesa, S.A., from 1994 to 2000, and representative of TPA before the Venezuelan-Colombian Economic Integration Chamber (Cavecol), where he coordinated its Legal Committee (2005-2006).
Experience
•Assistance to clients in their regular corporate needs.
•Advice in estate planning. Knowledgeable in all relevant instruments, procedures and regulations. Also authoritative in all matters of state or municipal taxes, as regards their applicability to estate planning or other business and/or personal needs.
•Advice in national and international negotiations of mergers, acquisitions, project finance, public and private issues, consortia, joint ventures and other forms of associations.
•Advice in the negotiation of contracts with government institutions and other State-owned entities, real estate developments, structuring and placement of investments for domestic and foreign investors, and provides advice in asset and investment protection, and also the application and interpretation of bilateral and multilateral investment treaties.
•Advice on State and Municipal taxes.
•Advice in estate planning.